| Dunnville's float for the Centennial Parade, July 1958 | Parade float | Still image | 1958/07/20-26 |
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Subject:Parade float Type:Still image Date:1958/07/20-26 |
Description:Black and white photograph of Dunnville's float for the Centennial Parade, July 1958.
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| Dutch Christmas goodies | | Photo | 08-Dec-81 |
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| E.G. Hill of Burnaby, Welland County Warden and County Library Board member, c. 1949 | E.G. Hill | Still image | c. 1949 |
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Subject:E.G. Hill Type:Still image Date:c. 1949 |
Description:Black and white photograph of E.G. Hill of Burnaby, Welland County Warden and County Library Board member, c. 1949.
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| E.L. Crossley | E.L. Crossley: Mr. Education | Clipping | 5/16/1989 |
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Subject:E.L. Crossley: Mr. Education Type:Clipping Date:5/16/1989 |
Description:A newspaper article and photo of E.L. Crossley. The article is a biography of E.L. Crossley's involvement in public education within the Pelham district and what he thought of the education in Pelham.
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| Early days of the telephone in Welland, by George Sawle, February 23, 1957 | Telephone technology in Welland | Text | 1957/02/23 |
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Subject:Telephone technology in Welland Type:Text Date:1957/02/23 |
Description:Newspaper clipping about the early days of the telephone in Welland, written by George Sawle, as published in the Welland Tribune on February 23, 1957. Sawle includes personal reminisces in his history.
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| Early Fire Department Wagon on Parade | Welland Fire Department Wagon | Still image | Unknown |
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Subject:Welland Fire Department Wagon Type:Still image Date:Unknown |
Description:Black and white photograph of an early Fire Department wagon on parade, photo undated.
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| Early Fire Truck | Fire truck, firefighters | Still image | Unknown |
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Subject:Fire truck, firefighters Type:Still image Date:Unknown |
Description:Black and white photographic print of two firefighters posing on an early fire truck, outside the Central Fire Station on Hellems Avenue, undated.
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| Early Firefighting Equipment | Firefighting equipment | Still image | Unknown |
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Subject:Firefighting equipment Type:Still image Date:Unknown |
Description:Black and white photographic print of a display of early firefighting equipment, photo undated.
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| Early Welland citizen Jacob Ryan recounts history of the area, from 1835-1911 | Jacob Ryan and Welland | Text | 1911/10/24 |
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Subject:Jacob Ryan and Welland Type:Text Date:1911/10/24 |
Description:Early Welland citizen Jacob Ryan recounts history of the area, from 1835-1911. Article from the October 24, 1911 edition of the Welland Telegraph.
In the article it states he was born in 1827 in Wainfleet, and moved to farmland on what was later known as the Crowland area around 1835. Two farmers named Griffith and McFarland owned all the land of what became Welland, before the first canal was built.
Jacob recalls having discussions with William Hamilton Merritt, the father of the Welland Canal. He later worked for a Mr. Sealey who owned a planing mill, and who in the mid 1840s is credited in the article with changing the name of the village from Aqueduct to Merrittsville in honour of Merritt (and which was later changed in 1858 to Welland).
Jacob recounts a few other details, and the article mentions that he and George Hanna are about the only citizens to live here in such a time frame as the 1830's to the then-present of 1911.
* Additional information: Thomas Dunlop and Ebenezer Seeley, natives of New York State, opened the first grist mill, the Welland Flouring Mills, in the fall of 1847 on the north bank of the Welland River, west of Niagara Street. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1886. They also operated a woolen factory and a sawmill north of the river. (From "Aqueduct, Merrittsville and Welland: A History of the City of Welland" by William H. Lewis). [show more]
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| Earth mover about to begin work on new subdivision Andora Court, October 1964 | Earth mover | Still image | October 1964 |
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Subject:Earth mover Type:Still image Date:October 1964 |
Description:Colour slide showing a parked earth mover about to begin work on the new subdivision Andora Court, October 1964.
From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.
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